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Snowman wrote:
Peoples religions are not fairytales. Your statement is an insult to religious people and shows a total lack of respect for others. It is one thing to make an argument that there may or may not be a god, but like calling a black guy a ni..gr is an insult and a lack of respect for that person, the same goes for issuing insulting statements about religion. Religion is a very serious subject for most people and needs to be respected.
Again, as to evolution, since Catholics happen to believe in evolution, why do you make statements that they do not? Many Christians believe in evolution and see no conflict with their religion, at least the majority that understand their religion. You seem to be just trying to stir the pot and make trouble where there is none. Why else the continual spewing of insults about religious people? Maybe you have some problems of your own to resolve?




Let me make myself perfectly clear. I do not want to insult anybody. If you are insulted because I do not accept your beliefs than that’s your own doing; so be it. I was taught to shoot and talk straight. This thread is full of people who want to show science is wrong and label the proponents as evil, god bashing, liberal, doomed to hell, etc. Why is that not considered insulting?
I have been accused of god bashing, just because I used one of the believer’s statements which declares he has a duty to inflict this nonsense on the rest of us, with the substitution of Christian with non-believer. This is insulting to you? Why would you not think the original statement insulting to me? If you want to believe something fine. If you want to believe something and promote it in a public forum, then I too have that ability. I do not want myths, fairytales, stories, urban legends, etc. (any nonsense based on non-testable, non-repeatable, non-peer reviewed) given out and spoken about as fact. All you would need to do is label these statements as what they really are, (i.e. opinions, personal interpretations and stories) and I would not have anything to say. After all, I love a good story. But if you (the religious collective) want to present these as facts, truth and proof; then I am insulted. You have not earned my respect.
If the subject was not religion (or politics) and someone was making statements about how he just knew and believed the moon was made of cheese, how much respect (not tolerance) would you give to his opinion? You have my tolerance. After all I’m on a sacred mission to spread the truth and to open people’s eyes to the dark oppression of religion. How and why would you expect me to stop?

Again, we have the example of:
Snowman wrote:
“Many Christians believe in evolution and see no conflict with their religion, at least the majority that understand (sic) their religion.”

I love this tripe; it’s as common as dirt. Here we have the same, egotistic “I am right, they are wrong” opinion that religion is full of. Every religious person I have ever met has the same “my interpretation is correct, yours is wrong” position. Every one of them. They can all point out that the ones who are bigoted, hate filled, gay bashing, doctor killing, anti –intellectual, Moslem haters, etc. etc. are all the misguided ones, not at all like the “correct” true believers.



PS. I have never made the statement that the official stance of the Catholic Church is not to accept evolution. And thanks for the attempt at psychology. I am at peace with the universe, and have no unresolved problems; I just don’t suffer fools gladly.